Shloka 14
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
Devanagari script
तद्धत् संसारकान्तारमातिष्ठ न् श्रमतत्पर: । यात्रार्थमद्यादाहारं व्याधितो भेषजं यथा
Transliteration
tadvat saṃsārakāntāram ātiṣṭhan śramatatparaḥ | yātrārtham adyād āhāraṃ vyādhito bheṣajaṃ yathā ||
Translation
同样，安住于世间生涯之林而勤于正业者，当以食为资粮，仅为支撑生命之旅；如病者服药，非为享乐，唯为保全。
Word by Word
तद्वत्likewise, in the same way
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
संसारकान्तारम्the wilderness-forest of worldly existence
संसारकान्तारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंसारकान्तार
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आतिष्ठremain in / abide in / take to
आतिष्ठ:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (आ-स्था)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
श्रमतत्परःintent on exertion; devoted to effort
श्रमतत्परः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रमतत्पर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यात्रार्थम्for the sake of sustenance/maintenance (of life-journey)
यात्रार्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रार्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अद्याद्should eat
अद्याद्:
TypeVerb
Rootअद्
FormOptative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
आहारम्food, intake
आहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
व्याधितःone who is ill; a sick person
व्याधितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootव्याधित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भेषजम्medicine, remedy
भेषजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
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BhīṣmaDharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Food should be taken with restraint and purity, primarily to sustain life and support one’s duties, not to indulge the palate—like medicine taken by a patient for survival rather than enjoyment.
Bhīṣma continues his instruction in the Śānti Parva, using the metaphor of saṃsāra as a dangerous forest to advise disciplined living: the householder should work diligently and eat only what is necessary for maintaining life.